"Hand over the Darkhold! It should not belong to any living creature in this world!"
"You did not take back the Saint Venganza Contract from years ago, and the same goes for the Darkhold now. It is mine, and I do not have the habit of handing over my possessions to others."
"Then I can only take it back by force!"
"If you have the ability to do so, you are welcome to try it."
With that final exchange, both Ghost Rider and Sebastian stopped talking and attacked almost simultaneously.
Ghost Rider swung his chain violently with his hand. His skeletal hands were burning with intense hellfire and were gripping the chains tightly as he lashed out at Sebastian. Sebastian instantly transformed into a puff of black smoke and vanished from sight, swirling around Ghost Rider in circles. At the same time, spells shot out from the black smoke, raining down upon Ghost Rider from all directions.
"Confringo!"
Boom boom boom...
A flood of red light threads rained down upon Ghost Rider, creating a chain of explosions that sent him retreating backward. However, such attacks were merely a tickle to Ghost Rider's supernatural form.
With a low roar, a torrent of hellfire exploded from Ghost Rider's body, attacking the black smoke Sebastian had transformed into.
Seeing this incoming attack, Sebastian immediately dropped to the ground and transformed back into his original form. With a slight wave of his wand, the hellfire gushing from Ghost Rider quickly merged with the tip of Sebastian's wand and vanished into his hand.
At the same time, Sebastian felt the power of the hellfire within him grow slightly, a tiny, almost insignificant increase. If Sebastian had not been extremely attentive and sensitive to the power within him, he probably would not have noticed this small increase.
Ghost Rider also possessed the power of hellfire, so this meant...
Thinking of this realization, Sebastian narrowed his eyes and gave up the idea of leaving. Now that Ghost Rider had come to him and taken the initiative to attack, it was the perfect opportunity. If he could deal with Ghost Rider himself, no one would be able to accuse him of anything wrong.
As Sebastian pondered this, Ghost Rider charged again with renewed fury.
However, this time, Sebastian advanced instead of retreating.
Seeing Sebastian's actions, Ghost Rider did not hesitate at all, immediately wielding the hellfire-burning chains in his hand to bind Sebastian.
At this moment, Skye, who was standing nearby watching, suddenly raised her hand, sending a shockwave towards Ghost Rider to protect Sebastian, but Sebastian blocked it with a wave of his wand, deliberately allowing Ghost Rider's hellfire-burning chains to bind him completely!
The whipping and entanglement of the chains, despite the magical protection Sebastian had, also caused Sebastian a certain degree of trauma. Sebastian now deeply felt that his body seemed to be becoming less and less sufficient in the increasingly high-level battles he faced. When he returned to Hogwarts, he needed to start researching ways to strengthen his physical body.
Of course, now was not the time to dwell on that. Sebastian, looking at the Ghost Rider who was restrained by his own chains, spoke again, "Finally, I have closed the distance with you. It has been hard getting this close."
Hearing this, Ghost Rider instinctively sensed something was amiss. But just as he was about to step back, Sebastian's hand suddenly slipped through the chains and grasped Ghost Rider's neck firmly. This move surprised not only Ghost Rider but also Coulson and the others watching.
They knew the devastating power of the Hellfire within Ghost Rider, and it was precisely for this reason that they were astonished that Sebastian showed no fear of the Hellfire at all. More importantly, even with his entire body exposed to the Hellfire, Sebastian remained completely unscathed!
Holding onto the chains with one hand, Ghost Rider grabbed Sebastian's wrist with the other hand, attempting to break free from the grip.
However, it was too late for him to do so.
The mark of Hellfire's authority appeared on Sebastian's forehead, and his eyes turned completely black and red, as if hellfire itself burned within them.
At this moment, Sebastian harnessed his gravity power, combining it with his Hellfire authority, transforming himself into a flaming black hole. It continuously absorbed the Hellfire within Ghost Rider, ultimately absorbing the Hellfire authority itself!
"Ahhh!!!"
A painful roar echoed from Ghost Rider's mouth. The Hellfire within him flowed along Sebastian's arms and the chains he held, rapidly surging into his body in waves.
At this moment, Sebastian finally felt the Hellfire authority within him grow stronger significantly. He could even feel the Spirit of Vengeance within Ghost Rider, gradually approaching him as the Hellfire surged.
With Ghost Rider and Sebastian at the center, the temperature within the hydroelectric power station rose steadily, reaching a point where Coulson and his companions could no longer remain safely.
At that moment, a portal appeared beside them, and Sebastian's voice reached them through the heat.
"Leave through the portal! The conditions here are no longer sustainable for humans."
Hearing Sebastian's words, Coulson retreated to avoid the intense heat wave, shouting, "Mr. Shaw, please do not hurt Reyes if you can help it."
"Do not worry, I only want the Ghost Rider spirit!"
As soon as these words left his mouth, a torrent of hellfire erupted outward, forcing Coulson and his companions through the portal. They left and reappeared in the forest outside the power station.
Only after Coulson and his companions left did Sebastian finally let go of his restraint. A mark, a fusion of the power of hellfire and gravity, appeared between his brows. A vast mass of hellfire was drawn from Ghost Rider's body, gushing madly into the mark between Sebastian's brows.
At this time, the Ghost Rider, or rather Robbie Reyes, was quickly breaking away from the Ghost Rider state and gradually turning back into his human form. The high temperature around him was reduced as a result, but it was still unbearable for ordinary people. In fact, this was already Sebastian's restraint at work, otherwise the power station might have been burned to ashes under the extreme high temperature.
Seeing Robbie Reyes about to fully transform back into a humanoid form, Sebastian was about to throw him out of the building. Otherwise, if he continued to stay here after returning to his normal form, he would soon be completely roasted by the lingering high temperature.
But at the moment when the last wisp of hellfire, carrying the power of authority, left Robbie Reyes' body, a humanoid spirit with a burning flame that gave Sebastian a sense of holiness and a fiery red skull phantom with a burning blue flame almost emerged from Robbie Reyes' body at the same time.
The former nodded slightly to Sebastian in acknowledgment, turned around, passed through the ceiling and disappeared into the sky above, while the latter directly flowed into Sebastian's body with the hellfire!
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